μαλακός, -ή, -όν,
[in LXX: Pr 25:15 (רַךְ) Pr 26:22 (כְּמִתְלַהֲמִים)*;]
soft;
1. prop., to the touch (opp. to σκληρός): of clothing, pl., Mt 11:8, Lk 7:25.
2. Of persons and their mode of living;
(a) mild, gentle;
(b) soft, effeminate: I Co 6:9 (prob. in obscene sense, cf. Deiss., LAE, 1504; MM, xvi; Zorell, s.v.).†